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[BEEPING]
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
WE PICKED UP A WEAK SIGNAL COMING OUT OF DEEP SPACE.
NOT USING THE JUMP GATE?
NO, AND IT'S USING A FREQUENCY I HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE.
HMM? ALIEN?
NOT EXACTLY.
[WOMAN] THIS IS THE COPERNICUS. WE COME IN PEACE.
THIS IS THE COPERNICUS. WE COME IN PEACE.
HEY!
AAH!
THROUGH THE WALLS!
IT'S COMING THROUGH THE WA--
OHH. I NEED SOME OZONES.
OHH.
COME ON, NO OZONES--AAH!
OHH!
NO!
I'M...STUCK!
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
WHERE ARE YOU?
THERE YOU ARE.
THERE YOU ARE.
I SEE YOU.
OUR FATHER, WHO IS IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE THE NAME,
THY KINGDOM IS, UH, DONE.
THY--THY WILL IS SOMETHING,
ON EARTH AS IT IS--IN SPACE.
OH!
HELP, MARY, FA--OHH!
AAH!
THE BABYLON PROJECT WAS OUR LAST BEST HOPE FOR PEACE--
A SELF-CONTAINED WORLD 5 MILES LONG
LOCATED IN NEUTRAL TERRITORY...
A PLACE OF COMMERCE AND DIPLOMACY
FOR A QUARTER OF A MILLION HUMANS AND ALIENS...
A SHINING BEACON IN SPACE, ALL ALONE IN THE NIGHT.
IT WAS THE DAWN OF THE THIRD AGE OF MANKIND,
THE YEAR THE GREAT WAR CAME UPON US ALL.
THIS IS THE STORY
OF THE LAST OF THE BABYLON STATIONS.
THE YEAR IS 2259.
THE NAME OF THE PLACE IS...
THIS IS THE COPERNICUS. WE COME IN PEACE.
THIS IS THE COPERNICUS...
HEAR ME, OH LORD, AND YOU MISERABLE SINNERS,
AND YOU NONHUMANOID TYPES,
JUDGMENT DAY IS COMING.
IT DON'T CARE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE. I'VE SEEN IT.
AN ARMY OF DARKNESS, SOLDIERS OF THE DEVIL.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE ALL IN GREAT DANGER.
A POX UPON THIS STATION.
YOU!
A SOUND TREE CANNOT BEAR EVIL FRUIT
UNLESS IT'S GOT BAD ROOTS.
PLEASE, DON'T I HAVE TROUBLES ENOUGH?
I'VE WALKED IN THE VALLEY--
GOOD! KEEP ON WALKING.
HURRY, AMBASSADOR, HE'S GAINING.
YOU WITH THE HAIR...
OH, PLEASE.
PLEASE.
NOW, UNLESS YOU HAVE A CLASS C MISSIONARY LICENSE,
IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE R AND R.
YOU CAN'T!
THERE IS NO SHELTER. IT'S COMING!
JUST GOT THE MESSAGE.
ANY IDEA WHERE IT'S FROM?
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE DESIGN.
IT'S TAKEN A BEATING.
WHY DIDN'T IT USE THE JUMP GATE?
WE DON'T KNOW.
MAINTENANCE, HOLD WATT 12 IN POSITION
FOR A LONGITUDINAL SCAN.
ROGER, CONTROL, WE'RE TRYING FOR A VISUAL I.D. NOW.
THOSE LOOK LIKE LETTERS.
MMM.
IT'S ENGLISH.
IT SHOULD SAY, U.S.S.
EARTH? I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS DESIGN BEFORE.
THEN CHECK YOUR HISTORY.
SHIPS LIKE THIS WERE USED IN EARLY DEEP-RANGE EXPLORATION,
BACK BEFORE WE GOT JUMP GATE TECHNOLOGY
FROM THE CENTAURI.
THAT'S OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. WHAT'S IT DOING HERE?
THINGS WERE PRETTY PRIMITIVE BACK THEN.
MAYBE IT MISSED A THRUSTER FIRING OR WENT OFF COURSE.
IT'S BEEN ADRIFT EVER SINCE.
POSSIBLY.
THAT'S A HELL OF A WRONG TURN.
MAYBE IT WASN'T A WRONG TURN.
WHY DON'T WE ASK THE PILOT?
THERE IS SOMETHING ALIVE IN THERE.
BRING HER IN.
[BEEP BEEP]
SHERIDAN TO MED LAB.
WE MAY HAVE A PATIENT FOR YOU IN DOCKING BAY 4.
I GOT SOMETHING OVER HERE.
CRYOGENIC FREEZER.
I'VE SEEN THEM AT THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM.
LET'S SEE IF ANYBODY'S HOME.
OHH! THIS ONE'S DEAD.
I'VE GOT LIFE SIGNS IN THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
HER SIGNAL'S WEAKENING.
OPENING THE SHIP MUST HAVE TRIGGERED SOMETHING.
GET HER BACK TO MED LAB OR WE'LL LOSE HER.
WE'RE LOSING HER PULSE, THREADY.
SHE'S GONE INTO ARREST.
50 CCs OF DEVALARIA.
STILL FLAT LINE.
CARDIAC STIMULATOR.
READY, HIT HER!
NOTHING.
TRY IT AGAIN.
GO! MOVE!
INCOMING!
INCOMING!
INCOMING! INCOMING!
IN--INCOMING...
HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN LIKE THAT?
A COUPLE OF HOURS.
TO THE WALLS! GET TO THE WALLS!
DAMN LURKERS!
WE OUGHT TO SPACE ALL OF THEM.
OH, GOD, STOP THEM!
INCOMING.
WERE YOU IN THE WAR?
NO, I MISSED IT.
HE DIDN'T.
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
INCOMING!
I'VE HAD THAT SAME DREAM.
THAT'S BETTER.
UHH!
YOU ALL RIGHT?
I NEVER FELT BETTER.
I'M A PICTURE OF... HEALTH.
WHERE AM I?
OH, GOD.
WHAT DID I DO THIS TIME?
YOU DON'T REMEMBER?
I FOUND THAT LIFE IS, IN GENERAL,
MUCH EASIER IF I FORGET
MOST OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO ME.
YOU WERE ABOUT TO ACCUSE THE CENTAURI AMBASSADOR
OF BEING IN LEAGUE WITH THE DEVIL,
WHICH MIGHT NOT BE FAR FROM THE TRUTH.
OH, MY HEAD HURTS.
WE HAD TO PUT YOU OUT.
OH, I WAS THAT BAD.
YOU WERE STANDING IN THE PLAZA
YELLING THAT THE DAY OF JUDGMENT WAS COMING.
DID IT?
NOT THAT I KNOW,
BUT I MAY HAVE MISSED A STAFF MEETING.
YOU EVER DONE THIS BEFORE?
HELL, I--I'VE DONE EVERYTHING BEFORE.
WHERE WERE YOU STATIONED?
NOWHERE SPECIAL.
JUST HERE AND THERE.
JUST A GROPE HOLE.
IT'S NO...BIG DEAL.
I FIGURED YOU FOR A GROUND POUNDER.
ME, TOO.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE BOTH MISSED OUR CHANCE TO BE HEROES.
WHAT ABOUT THE DREAMS?
DREAMS? WELL, I--I...
NEVER DREAM.
YOU BEEN TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP.
IS THERE A REASON THAT DOOR IS OPEN?
YOU CAN GO.
I KNOW SOME GOOD COUNSELORS.
I'VE USED THEM MYSELF.
NOW, WHAT WOULD A MAN
WITH EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD
DO WITH ONE OF THEM?
HMM?
WHEN DID IT START?
MOMENTS AGO.
IT LOOKS LIKE A DREAM.
OR A NIGHTMARE.
UHH!
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'M A DOCTOR.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
THERE'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
I RAN A GENERAL DIAGNOSTIC
OF ALL SYSTEMS THAT STILL APPEAR TO BE OPERATING,
AND THEN I FOUND THIS.
ACCORDING TO THE ANALYSIS,
THERE'S NO MALFUNCTION OF THE OTHER CRYOGENIC TUBE.
HE SHOULD BE ALIVE.
YOU DOUBLE CHECKED IT?
THREE TIMES.
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE MURDERED HIM.
AT THE TIME OF DEATH, THE VICTIM WEIGHED ABOUT 90 POUNDS.
GIVEN HIS HEIGHT AND BONE STRUCTURE,
HIS NORMAL WEIGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 180.
BUT MALNUTRITION WASN'T WHAT KILLED HIM.
HE DIED AS A RESULT OF ORGAN FAILURE.
WHY?
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY'RE MISSING.
IT'S AS IF SOMETHING
REACHED INSIDE OF HIM AND PULLED EVERYTHING OUT.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ORGANS?
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF THEM ON THE SHIP.
WE RAN A COMPLETE SCAN.
IF THERE WAS A CELL REMAINING, WE WOULD HAVE FOUND IT.
WE BETTER TALK WITH THE WOMAN WHO WAS WITH HIM.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S SUCH A GOOD IDEA.
A MAN'S BEEN MURDERED. THE LIST OF SUSPECTS IS SHORT.
ACCORDING TO THE SHIP'S LOG,
SHE WAS IN STASIS THE WHOLE TIME.
SHE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.
LOGS CAN BE ALTERED.
IT'S A GOOD BET HE DIDN'T RIP OUT HIS OWN HEART.
[BEEP BEEP] DR. FRANKLIN?
YES?
SHE'S AWAKE AND ASKING FOR YOU.
I HAVE TO GO.
WHEN SHE'S READY, I WANT TO TALK TO HER.
FINISH UP FOR ME.
LOUSY WAY TO DIE, HUH?
MMM. LAST I CHECKED, THERE WEREN'T TOO MANY GOOD WAYS.
WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING A LOT BETTER.
OH, I'M FEELING A LOT BETTER,
THANKS TO YOU, DR...
FRANKLIN.
STEPHEN.
IF YOU DON'T MIND ANSWERING A FEW QUESTIONS?
WHAT WERE YOU DOING ON THAT SHIP?
WILL, MY HUSBAND AND I,
ARE PART OF A COMMERCIAL RESEARCH GROUP.
THEY NEEDED VOLUNTEERS FOR A LONG-TERM, DEEP-SPACE MISSION,
AND I JUMPED AT THE CHANCE.
WE WERE ASSIGNED TO THE COPERNICUS.
SHE WAS PROGRAMMED TO HOME IN ON ANY SIGNAL
WE MIGHT COME ACROSS AND WAKE US UP.
I NEVER THOUGHT THE SIGNAL COULD BE OF HUMAN ORIGIN.
HOW LONG WERE WE IN STASIS?
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THIS A DAY AT A TIME.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND VERY GOOD.
HOW LONG?
WELL, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER,
BUT OVER 100 YEARS.
A HUNDRED--
I'D LIKE TO SEE WILL NOW.
SOMETHING'S WRONG, ISN'T IT?
I'M AFRAID HE DIED DURING THE VOYAGE. I'M SORRY.
OH, GOD!
WE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
WE JUST SAID GOOD NIGHT TO EACH OTHER.
I CAN'T CRY.
LONG-TERM STASIS DRIES THE TEAR DUCTS.
GOD! WHAT HAVE I DONE?
IT SAYS THAT THE SYSTEM IS DOWN.
YOU GOT TO CHECK THE READING.
I'M TRYING.
HOLY MOTHER!
HEY, YOU!
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN AN ALIEN BEFORE, HAVE YOU?
THERE WERE INDICATIONS OF OTHER LIFE FORMS,
BUT I NEVER IMAGINED ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I'VE MISSED SO MUCH.
WELL, NOT ALL OF IT'S BEEN GOOD.
A FEW YEARS AFTER YOUR SHIP LEFT EARTH,
WE FINALLY MADE CONTACT WITH ANOTHER SPECIES-- THE CENTAURI.
WE OPENED UP TRADE RELATIONS,
AND THEY GAVE US JUMP GATE TECHNOLOGY.
BEFORE THAT, WE'D BEEN LIMITED TO OUR OWN SOLAR SYSTEM.
AFTER THAT, WE WERE OUT AMONG THE STARS.
FIRST, LEASING TIME ON ALIEN JUMP GATES,
AND THEN BUILDING OUR OWN.
SO THE CRYOGENIC SUSPENSION,
THE GOODBYES...
WAS ALL FOR NOTHING.
IF WE'D JUST WAITED A FEW MORE YEARS--
WELL, YOU COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN.
WHAT YOU DID, IT--IT TOOK...
VISION. IT TOOK COURAGE.
WHAT ELSE HAVE I MISSED?
UH, THE USUAL.
THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD TIMES,
THE REVELATIONS, THE REVOLUTIONS,
OUTBREAKS OF HYSTERIA, THE PARADE OF SCANDALS,
PROMISES, CONSTITUTIONS,
AND THE OCCASIONAL WAR.
THE LAST BIG ONES WERE AGAINST THE DILGAR, WHICH WE WON,
AND AGAINST THE MINBARI, WHICH... THAT'S A LONG STORY.
THEN WE STILL HAVEN'T OUTGROWN VIOLENCE?
NO, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS
TO EVOLVE A BETTER HUMAN.
DOCTOR.
AMBASSADOR.
THIS MUST BE OUR VISITOR FROM THE PAST.
MARIAH CIRRUS, THIS IS AMBASSADOR G'KAR OF THE NARN.
TAKE MY ADVICE
AND GO BACK TO THE TIME YOU CAME FROM.
THE FUTURE ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.
AAH!
WELCOME BACK.
HERE, TAKE IT EASY.
YOU PASSED OUT.
WHERE AM I?
MY QUARTERS.
THEY WERE CLOSER THAN MED LAB.
MMM. I GUESS YOU CAME TO MY RESCUE AGAIN.
HARDLY.
YOU WERE HAVING A DREAM.
YOU CRIED OUT AS IF SOMETHING WERE ATTACKING YOU.
I DID?
YEAH.
OH, I GUESS I JUST DON'T REMEMBER.
IT SEEMED VERY FRIGHTENING AND VIOLENT.
WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN MY DREAMS?
I HAVEN'T BEEN COMPLETELY CANDID WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
HE DIDN'T JUST DIE. SOMETHING KILLED HIM, SOMETHING ON THAT SHIP.
NO. THERE--THERE WERE JUST THE...
TWO OF US.
GOD!
YOU THINK I KILLED HIM.
NO, NO, NO, NO.
I THINK SOMETHING IN YOUR DREAMS MIGHT TELL US WHAT DID.
WHAT KIND OF INSANITY IS THIS?
IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM. I'M ALL ALONE.
NO, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
YOU'RE NOT.
I--I DON'T THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
NO, I...
I GUESS NOT.
IT'S JUST THAT I'M A LITTLE SCARED.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE MORE THAN JUST A LITTLE.
WHY DON'T YOU, UH,
WHY DON'T YOU JUST TRY AND REST?
JUST TRY AND REST.
[HISSES]
[HISSES]
NO, NO THANKS.
I'M TRYING TO CUT DOWN.
YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!
A SOLDIER OF DARKNESS HAS COME ON THAT SHIP.
SAVE ME SOME DESSERT.
DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES, DON'T SLEEP. IT'LL FIND YOU.
BROTHER GARIBALDI, I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU--
LET'S TAKE A WALK. YOU'RE MAKING THE NATIVES RESTLESS.
I'M NOT CRAZY. IT'S ON THIS STATION.
WHAT IS?
DEATH. IT CAME OFF THAT SHIP FROM THE PAST.
I FOLLOWED IT.
YOU SURE?
YES. I SAW IT DO THE SAME THING DURING THE WAR.
AAH!
FINISHED EXAMINING THE VICTIM.
NOT ONE OF HIS INTERNAL ORGANS
IS STILL INSIDE HIS BODY.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S NO ENTRY OR EXIT WOUND.
HE DIED THE SAME WAY AS MARIAH'S HUSBAND.
CORRECT.
IT'S ASSUMING THAT'S WHO SHE REALLY IS.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
I ARRESTED A LURKER NAMED AMIS
WHO WAS STATIONED ON A DEEP SPACE LISTENING POST
DURING THE WAR.
47 MEN LANDED ON THAT MOON.
ALL WERE SLAUGHTERED EXCEPT ONE.
IS THERE A POINT?
AMIS THINKS WHOEVER WIPED OUT HIS POST
CAME HERE ON THE COPERNICUS.
IF AN ALIEN WAS ONBOARD, WE WOULD HAVE FOUND IT.
UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING WE'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
I TRACED THE SHIP'S PATH.
IT PASSED WITHIN THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF THE SAME MOON
THAT AMIS WAS STATIONED ON.
MARIAH CIRRUS MAY NOT BE WHAT SHE APPEARS.
SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS DEATH.
HOW CAN YOU BE SURE?
SHE WAS WITH ME ALL NIGHT LAST NIGHT.
KIND OF FAST, AREN'T YOU?
I DON'T SLEEP WITH MY PATIENTS.
SHE'S IN PAIN. I'M HELPING HER.
I WANT A WATCH ON HER 24 HOURS A DAY,
AND I DON'T MEAN YOU.
ARE YOU SUGGESTING I'M NOT DOING MY JOB?
IF SOMETHING'S THREATENING THIS STATION,
I'LL PROTECT IT.
ALL THIS ON THE WORD OF A LURKER.
I CHECKED HIS WAR RECORD. HE'S HIGHLY DECORATED.
WORD OF THIS *** HAS SPREAD.
THE NONALIGNED WORLDS ASKED FOR A COUNCIL MEETING
TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY
THAT SOMETHING CAME ABOARD THIS STATION
FROM THAT SHIP.
GO OVER HER BIOSCAN AGAIN
AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVEN'T MISSED SOMETHING.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT,
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT...
BE CAREFUL.
WE INSIST THIS WOMAN BE REMOVED FROM THIS STATION.
ON WHAT GROUNDS?
SHE HAS BROUGHT SOMETHING EVIL FROM THE PAST,
A SOLDIER OF DARKNESS.
THAT IS RICH.
NOTHING LIKE A GOOD GHOST STORY, HUH?
I FIND THIS VERY INTERESTING. GO ON.
THE FORCES OF DARKNESS DO NOT MOVE OPENLY,
THEY WORK THROUGH OTHERS, USE OTHERS.
WHEN THE DARKNESS WAS DEFEATED LONG AGO,
THEY SCATTERED, HID THEMSELVES AWAY IN SECRET PLACES
AND WAITED.
NOW THE DARK HAND IS REACHING OUT
AND RECALLING THEM FROM THEIR SLEEP.
AND YOU THINK SHE'S ONE OF THESE SOLDIERS OF DARKNESS?
EVIL SOMETIMES WEARS A PLEASANT FACE.
ALL TOO TRUE.
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT HE'S SAYING.
WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED?
MORE OF YOUR SUPERSTITION.
I DON'T KNOW.
PLEASE. DON'T TELL ME YOU BELIEVE THIS.
THERE'S AN OLD HUMAN SAYING--
WHERE'S THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S FIRE.
IF YOU IGNORE IT, YOU GET BURNED.
I DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THIS DARK FORCE
TO REALIZE THERE IS SOMETHING STRANGE GOING ON.
IT'S BEEN NICE HAVING THIS CHAT,
BUT I HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING ABOARD THIS STATION, FIND IT AND KILL IT.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
THE REST IS NONSENSE.
[CHUCKLING]
IF YOU DO NOTHING ABOUT HER PRESENCE HERE...
WE WILL.
I DON'T LIKE THREATS.
AS LONG AS I AM THE LAW ON B-5,
I INTEND TO SEE EVERYONE IS PROTECTED, HUMAN AND ALIEN ALIKE.
UNDERSTOOD?
THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
VERY SMOOTH.
THAT BAD?
WHAT IF SOMETHING DID GET ONBOARD THE COPERNICUS
WHEN IT PASSED THAT MOON?
A SOLDIER OF DARKNESS?
I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT.
LET'S HOPE WE DON'T GET THE CHANCE.
AW, HELL.
O.K., RISE AND SHINE, PAL.
EVERYTHING IN YOUR EARTH FORCE RECORD SUGGESTS
YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND.
THAT'S A MATTER OF SOME DEBATE
IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE THOSE THAT GIVE ME
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
AND JUST FIGURE ME FOR A COMPULSIVE LIAR.
WANT ME TO BELIEVE YOU?
YEAH.
TAKE ME TO WHERE YOU FOLLOWED IT.
WHAT?
RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS THERE.
WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE?
THE PAST.
FREEZE!
I SAW IT. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME.
YOU WANT ME, YOU ***!
WELL, I'M HERE! COME ON, LET'S FINISH IT!
COME ON!
DURING THE WAR, THERE WAS A GUY IN MY UNIT.
HE KEPT TELLING EVERYBODY OUR PERIMETER WAS WEAK.
WE LAUGHED 'CAUSE WE CHECKED IT OVER AND OVER.
IT WAS SECURE.
WE ALL FIGURED HE WAS NUTS.
UNTIL THEN, WE'D NEVER SEEN ANY ACTION.
THEN ONE NIGHT,
WE STOPPED LAUGHING.
CAME THROUGH THAT PERIMETER LIKE IT WAS PAPER.
HE WAS THE FIRST TO DIE.
SAVED OUR BUTTS.
HE WAS A NUT...
BUT HE WAS RIGHT.
I BELIEVE YOU.
THE HONORED DID.
TELL ME ABOUT THE LISTENING POST.
WE WERE AN INTELLIGENCE- GATHERING UNIT,
NOT SET UP FOR HEAVY COMBAT.
WE'D HEARD THE MINBARI
WERE SETTING UP A COMMAND AND CONTROL POST,
SO WE SLIPPED ONTO A SMALL MOON
BEFORE THEY FINISHED THE PERIMETER SCANNERS.
THEY SET UP CAMP IN OLD RUINS OF SOME KIND.
AS FAR AS WE KNEW, IT WAS A DEAD WORLD.
IT CAME IN THE NIGHT...
DURING THE STORM.
WE HEARD NOTHING, SAW NOTHING.
IT CAME RIGHT THROUGH THE WALLS...
LIKE A HOT WIND.
THE FIRST MAN DIED JUST METERS FROM ME.
NEVER EVEN SCREAMED.
WE RAN.
WE RAN.
FOR A SECOND, I THOUGHT I LOST IT.
THEN I SAW IT...
STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BALL OF LIGHTNING.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD COME STRAIGHT FROM HELL.
HOW DID YOU SURVIVE?
I DIDN'T.
IT KEPT ME ALIVE...
AS A SNACK.
IT BECOMES PART OF YOU,
FEEDING ON YOU.
THE LUCKY ONES DIED ON THAT MOON.
WHAT IT TOOK FROM ME I CAN NEVER GET BACK.
WHEN THE RESCUE PARTY SHOWED UP,
I WEIGHED 85 POUNDS.
THAT'S HOW I KNEW IT WAS ON THIS STATION.
A PART OF ME IS STILL INSIDE THAT THING.
I CAN FEEL IT,
BUT NOBODY EVER BELIEVED ME...
UNTIL NOW.
THIS FEELING, CAN IT LEAD YOU TO IT?
I THINK.
I THINK MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN DOING...
ALL THIS TIME.
THEY'RE CALLING ME, I THINK.
MAYBE WE HAVE SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS BETWEEN US.
AMIS!
AMIS!
MARIAH... WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
IT'S ALL I HAVE NOW--
THIS...
MY MEMORIES...
AND YOU.
MAYBE I'M ASSUMING MORE THAN I SHOULD.
I JUST THINK THIS IS HAPPENING A LITTLE FAST,
DON'T YOU?
YOU JUST LOST YOUR HUSBAND.
I KNOW.
AND I'D BE LYING IF I SAID I DON'T MISS HIM.
I DO.
AND I WANT TO FIND WHATEVER KILLED HIM,
BUT I'D ALSO BE LYING
IF I SAID THINGS WERE PERFECT BETWEEN US.
BEFORE WE LEFT EARTH,
WILL AND I MUST HAVE SPLIT UP
HALF A DOZEN TIMES.
AFTER A WHILE, ALL WE HAD IN COMMON
WERE THE STARS...
AND DREAMS.
YOU CAN GO FAR ON THAT.
100 YEARS.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
THE SAME PROBLEM, I GUESS.
MY WORK...
COMES FIRST.
ALWAYS HAS.
FINDING SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT,
WELL, IT HASN'T BEEN EASY.
AND THIS PLACE
ISN'T EXACTLY IDEAL FOR RAISING A FAMILY.
NO, IT'S NOT.
MAYBE IT'S JUST AS WELL WILL NEVER WOKE UP.
I DON'T THINK HE WOULD HAVE LIKED THIS WORLD.
MARIAH...
WHATEVER KILLED YOUR HUSBAND IS ON THIS STATION
AND HAS TAKEN ANOTHER LIFE.
NOW I NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW.
IN MY DREAMS,
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE LIFE TUBE WITH ME...
AND I THINK IT WAS USING ME TO STAY ALIVE
UNTIL IT COULD FIND MORE FOOD.
BABYLON 5.
I'VE PUT EVERYBODY HERE IN GREAT DANGER.
AAH!
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS
OF THE MASSACRE AT THE LISTENING POST
BLAME THE ATTACK ON THE MINBARI.
AMIS IS SURE OF ONE THING--
THAT POST WAS NOT ATTACKED BY THE MINBARI.
HE SAID IT WAS LIKE HELL HAD BEEN LET LOOSE.
THAT DOESN'T HELP US MUCH.
HE SAID THE ALIEN TOOK A PART OF HIM
WHEN HE LEFT HIS BODY,
THAT HE COULD FEEL ITS PRESENCE ON THE STATION.
SOME KIND OF SYMBIOSIS?
THAT MAY BE.
IF THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MARIAH,
SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US FIND IT.
TOO RISKY.
WHATEVER'S ON THE STATION CAME FROM HER SHIP.
IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP,
WHO KNOWS THE INFLUENCE IT MAY HAVE OVER HER.
SHE COULD BE SCOUTING FOR IT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT SHE'S DOING.
IF WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT LISTENING POST IS HAPPENING HERE,
IT'LL FIND US.
LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE READY FOR IT.
MISS CIRRUS.
MR. GARIBALDI.
YES. I NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND A FRIEND.
DR. FRANKLIN TOLD ME ABOUT HIM. I'M SORRY.
CAN YOU FIND THIS THING?
CAN YOU FEEL WHERE IT IS?
I THINK SO.
I CAN TRY.
PROVIDED HER DOCTOR COMES ALONG.
THERE'S WEAPONS FIRE IN BROWN 90.
PART OF A SIGNAL CAME IN.
I THINK IT WAS GARIBALDI. THEN IT WAS CUT OFF.
SEAL OFF THE AREA.
SHERIDAN TO FRANKLIN.
I TRIED HIM. HE'S NOT ANSWERING.
I'D SAY THEY FOUND IT.
BREAK OUT HEAVY WEAPONS.
HAVE A SECURITY DETAIL MEET US DOWN THERE.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
GARIBALDI PULLED HIM OUT. HE WENT BACK IN.
LET US KNOW IF IT DOUBLES BACK.
I DON'T WANT IT TO ESCAPE.
YOU READY?
YOU GOT A PLAN?
TRY NOT TO GET KILLED.
BRILLIANT.
AMIS!
AMIS!
KILL IT!
KILL IT! SHOOT! SHOOT!
GET UP!
COME ON!
IT'S GOT TO BE STOPPED.
YOU FINISHED YOUR TOUR OF DUTY.
GET DOWN!
CALLING.
IT KNOWS I'M HERE, AND IT'S WAITING FOR ME.
THESE PPGs DON'T DO MUCH MORE THAN STING IT.
PROWLS AROUND HURT FOR A WHILE.
THEN IT COMES BACK STRONGER.
ONE BEE STING MAY BE AN ANNOYANCE,
BUT 100 CAN KILL YOU.
IVANOVA, YOU GOT A FIX ON MY POSITION?
CONFIRMED. ON OUR WAY.
NEGATIVE. TRIANGULATE YOUR FIRE AND STAND BY.
SET UP A KILL ZONE, POINT-BLANK.
HOW'S YOUR CHARGE?
I'M DOWN TO MY LAST CAP.
LET'S HOPE THAT'S ENOUGH.
IT WON'T WORK.
IT'S TOO SMART FOR THAT.
IT CAN SMELL A TRAP. IT CAN WAIT.
IT'S PATIENT.
IT'S PATIENT.
YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE IT WHAT IT WANTS!
AMIS, NO!
ALL RIGHT, I'M HERE!
YOU WANTED ME? HERE I AM.
LET'S FINISH IT.
COME ON!
NO MORE DREAMS. LET'S END IT.
AMIS, GET CLEAR! AMIS!
AAH!
OPEN FIRE!
WE GOT IT, AMIS. WE GOT IT.
NO MORE BAD DREAMS.
IT'S OVER.
IT'S OVER.
YOU SURE HE'S GOING TO BE O.K.?
HE'S JUST BANGED UP.
GAVE HIM SOMETHING TO HELP HIM SLEEP.
ALL HE WANTED WAS TO BE SET FREE,
TO FORGET.
MAYBE NOW HE CAN.
SO, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
WHAT ABOUT ME?
WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A PLACE TO STAY.
THIS IS AS GOOD A PLACE AS ANY.
I CAN HELP.
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT I CAN'T.
NOT YET, ANYWAY.
I HAVE 100 YEARS TO CATCH UP ON.
I NEED TO SEE EARTH,
BURY WILL,
MOURN FOR A WHILE.
I JUST NEED TIME.
IF I CAN, I'LL COME BACK...
IF YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED.
I THINK THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE OF THAT.
DON'T MAKE PROMISES LIFE WON'T LET YOU KEEP.
TAKE CARE, STEPHEN.
CAPTAIN, WE JUST GOT FINISHED ANALYZING THE DATABASE
ONBOARD THE COPERNICUS.
TOOK TIME TO GO THROUGH 100 YEARS OF ROUTINE ENTRIES,
BUT EVERYTHING SHE SAID CHECKS OUT.
WE KIND OF FIGURED THAT OUT BY NOW.
NOT ENTIRELY.
THERE'S ONE MORE THING YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.
ACCORDING TO THE SHIP'S LOG,
COPERNICUS LOST 10% OF ITS OXYGEN
WHEN IT PASSED BY A MOON IN SECTOR 18 BY 70 BY 59.
WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED WHEN THAT THING CAME ABOARD.
WHEN IT LEFT THAT SECTOR, IT WAS HEADING ON A NEW COURSE.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN MORE INTELLIGENT THAN WE THOUGHT.
IT DIDN'T KNOW THE SHIP WAS ALSO PROGRAMMED
TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ANY SIGNALS IT ENCOUNTERED.
OTHERWISE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN IT WAS THERE.
YOU SAID THE SHIP WAS REPROGRAMMED TO A NEW DESTINATION.
YEAH.
WHERE WAS IT GOING?
IT WAS HEADING FOR THE RIM
TOWARD THE EXACT PLACE WHERE AMBASSADOR G'KAR TOLD US
AN ANCIENT ENEMY WAS GATHERING ITS FORCES.
DO YOU THINK IT'S A COINCIDENCE?
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WOULD HAVE SAID YES.
BUT NOW, NO.
SOMETHING'S GOING ON, COMMANDER.
I KNOW.
BETWEEN YOU AND ME, IT'S SCARING THE HELL OUT OF ME.